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MEDIA and PUBLIC APPEARANCES

1995

Democracy Watch's campaigns have received national TV, radio, or newspaper coverage at least once a month (and usually more than once a month) since it launched its first campaign in April 1994.

1995 Media Appearances set out below are listed by media outlet, specific show (for TV and radio), date, and topic. When newspaper and magazine stories have the same subject description and appear in several papers on the same date, it means that all of the newspapers listed ran versions of the same wire story.

 1995 Public Appearances set out below Media Appearances are grouped under Government Hearings or Conferences, with the
host, date and topic listed for each appearance.

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I. Media Appearances


TELEVISION
1995 
CBC "Marketplace", Tuesday, February 14: CUBs

CBC "Midday", Tuesday, April 4: Financial Consumer Association

CBC Newsworld's "Face Off", Friday, April 14: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

CBC Newsworld's "Capital Report", Tuesday, May 2: Joint Committee on Ethics Code

CTV National News, Monday, July 10: Public Works Minister David Dingwall Affair

CPAC, Thursday, August 17: Broadcast of Testimony before Finance Committee

CBC "Marketplace", Tuesday, September 19: Re-broadcast of Citizen Utility Board piece

Global TV News, Tuesday, December 5: Bank Profits and Service Charges

CTV Canada AM, Wednesday, December 6: Bank Profits and Service Charges

CPAC, Thursday, December 7: Broadcast of Testimony before Finance Committee

Canada Tonight show (BCTV, MTN, CHCH), December 7: Bank Profits and Service Charges

CTV Local Affiliate News, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges




RADIO
1995 
CIQC Talk Radio (Montreal), Tuesday, January 17: Financial Consumer Association

CBC National News, February 9: White Paper on Financial Institutions

CBC National News, Thursday, March 16: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

CKNW Vancouver (Rafe Mair show), Wednesday, March 22: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

CBC "Morningside" (Anne Petrie host), Tuesday, March 28: Financial Consumer Association

CBC Radio's "The House", Saturday, April 1: Sponsored Travel by MPs

CHML Radio, Hamilton, Thursday, April 30: Financial Consumer Association

CIQC Talk Radio (Montreal) Tuesday, May 2: Joint Committee on Ethics Code

CKNW Vancouver World Tonight show (with Ian Kay), Tuesday, May 9: Joint Committee

CFAX Victoria with Frank Stanford, Monday, June 12: Bank Interest Rates and Customer Service

CKCU (Ottawa), Tuesday, July 4: Citizen Utility Boards and Financial Consumer Association

CKLN Ryerson Radio, Monday, October 2: Corporate Charter Protection and Tobacco Ads

CBC Radio Ottawa, Morning Show, Friday, November 10: Financial Consumer Association

CBC Radio Ottawa, Morning Show, Wednesday, November 21: Citizen Utility Boards

Broadcast News (National Wire Service), Thursday, December 7: Bank profits and fees

CBC Radio "World at Six," Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges

CFTR 680 AM News, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Broadcast News (National Wire Service), Monday, December 11: Bank profits and fees

CIQC Talk Radio Montreal, Monday, December 11: Bank Profits and Service Charges

CBC Halifax Morning Show, Tuesday, December 12: Bank Profits and Service Charges

CBC Ottawa, Radio Noon Phone-In, Wednesday, December 13: Bank Profits/ Service Charges

CHQR Calgary Radio, Rutherford Show, Friday, December 29: Banks and consumers



NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES

1995 
Prince George, B.C. (Town Newspaper), January 5: Op-ed on Dupuy Affair (for Southam News)

Lobby Digest and Public Affairs Monthly, January: Bank Profits

Ottawa Citizen, Monday, January 9: Bank Service Fees

Hill Times, Thursday, January 12: Citizen Utility Boards (CUBs)

Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, January 14: Ethics and Senate

Hill Times, February 2: Citizen Utility Boards (CUBs) (Letter to Ed)

NOW Magazine, February 23-March 1: Small Business and Banks

Ottawa Citizen, Wednesday, March 15: Ethics and Senate (Sen. Pierre de Bané)

Toronto Star, Wednesday, March 15: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

Globe and Mail, Thursday, March 16: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

Lobby Monitor, March 20: Lobbying (Bill C-43)

NOW Magazine, March 23-March 29: State of Democracy in Canada

Hill Times, March 23: Sponsored Travel by MPs

Hill Times, March 30: Sponsored Travel by MPs (Letter to Ed)

Maclean's magazine, April 3: Financial Consumer Association

Inside Ottawa, April 10: Small Business and Banks

See Magazine (Edmonton), Thursday, April 20: Project Censored Canada's Top 10 List

Victoria Times Colonist (B.C.), Friday, April 21: Project Censored Canada's Top 10 List

Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 22: Project Censored Canada's Top 10 List

Georgia Straight (Vancouver), April 21-28: Project Censored Canada's Top 10 List

Montreal Gazette, Tuesday, May 2: Joint Committee on Ethics Code

Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, May 2: Joint Committee on Ethics Code
Kitchener Waterloo Record, Tuesday, May 2: Joint Committee on Ethics Code

Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, May 16: Ethics Counsellor position

Ottawa Citizen, Sunday, May 28: Op-ed on Public Opinion Polls

Lobby Monitor, June 26: Report Card on Liberal Ethics Package

Hill Times, Thursday, July 20: Senators and Conflict of Interest

Financial Post, August 26: Federal Lobbying Law changes

Hill Times, Thursday, August 31: Letter to Editor re: Ethics rules

Montreal Gazette, Monday, September 25: Editorial on Bank Lending Practices

Ottawa Citizen, Thursday, September 28: Our editorial on Corporate Charter Protection

Toronto Star, Monday, October 2: Our editorial on Corporate Charter Protection

Montreal Gazette, Tuesday, October 3: Our editorial on Corporate Charter Protection

Globe and Mail, Wednesday, October 4: Our letter to editor re: Corporate Charter Protection

Globe and Mail, Thursday, November 23: Tax guide changes

Montreal Gazette, Friday, November 24: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Toronto Sun, Friday, November 24: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Globe and Mail, Friday, November 24: Bank profits and Service Charges
Montreal Gazette, Friday, November 24: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Calgary Herald, Wednesday, December 6: Bank Profits and Service Charges
London Free Press, Wednesday, December 6: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Financial Post, Wednesday, December 6: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Ottawa Citizen, Wednesday, December 6: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Toronto Sun, Wednesday, December 6: Service Charges and Financial Consumer Association

Calgary Herald, Thursday, December 7: Our editorial on Citizen Utility Boards

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Ottawa Citizen, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Calgary Herald, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Edmonton Journal, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Le Devoir, Saturday, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
La Presse, Saturday, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Le Soleil, Saturday, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
The Spectator (Hamilton), December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Vancouver Sun, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Windsor Star, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Vancouver Province, Monday, December 11: Editorial on Financial Consumer Organization

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Monday, December 11: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, December 12: Our editorial on Citizen Utility Boards
Victoria Times-Colonist, Tuesday, December 12: Our editorial on Citizen Utility Boards
Toronto Star, Tuesday, December 19: Our editorial on Citizen Utility Boards

Globe and Mail, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Toronto Star, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Ottawa Citizen, Friday, December 8: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Le Devoir, Saturday, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges (CP Wire Story)
La Presse, Saturday, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges
Winnipeg Sun, Saturday, December 9: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Montreal Gazette, Wednesday, December 13: Bank Closures in Low-Income Areas

Maclean's, Monday, December 18: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, December 19: Bank Profits and Service Charges

Kingston-Whig Standard, Thursday, December 21: Letter to editor re: bank profits

Financial Post, Wednesday, December 27: Bank profits and consumers

Toronto Star, Saturday, December 30: Financial Consumer Association



II. Public Appearances


GOVERNMENT HEARINGS
1995 
Senate Banking Committee, Thursday, March 23: Testimony on Financial Services Industry

House of Commons Finance Committee, Wednesday, August 16: Financial Consumer Association

Special Joint Committee on a Code of Conduct, Monday, October 16: Code of Conduct

House of Commons Finance Committee, Tuesday, December 5: Pre-Budget Hearings




CONFERENCES

1995 
Office of Consumer Affairs, Wednesday, March 29: Presentation on Citizen Utility Boards (CUBs)

Self-Employment in Canada (Calmeadow), Thursday, April 27: Panel on Reinvestment by Banks

Canadian Association for Adult Education, Monday, May 15: Presentation on CUBs

Fifth International Conference on Consumer Law, Friday, May 27: Presentation on CUBs

Africa: Future and Challenge, July 6-8: Panel on Civil Society, Democracy and Human Rights

Council of Canadians AGM, Saturday, September 30: Workshop on Bank Accountability


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